Permafrost Soils

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Margesin, Rosa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Soil Biology, 16
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Sedimentology.; Biodiversity.; Microbial ecology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Astrobiology.; Climate change.; Earth Sciences.; Climate Change.; Microbial Ecology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.

Most of the Earth’s biosphere is characterized by low temperatures. Vast areas (>20%) of the soil ecosystem are permanently frozen or are unfrozen for only a few weeks in summer. Permafrost regions occur at high latitudes and also at high ele- tions; a significant part of the global permafrost ar...